Mountain Brook Ranked No. 2 High School In State, 213th In U.S.

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL - The annual U.S News & World Report Best High Schools list was released today, and not much changed atop the statewide rankings from last year, as Mountain Brook High School was listed as the second best high school in Alabama. Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School in Montgomery again claimed the top spot in the state.

MBHS scored a 98.77 overall in the 2019 rankings, good for 213th nationally out of more than 17,000 high schools ranked.

The top 10 high schools in Alabama according to the report are:

1. Loveless Magnet Program High School (Montgomery County Schools)
2. Mountain Brook High School (Mountain Brook Schools)
3. New Century Tech Demo High School (Huntsville City Schools)
4. Homewood High School (Homewood City Schools)
5. Bob Jones High School (Madison City Schools)
6. Oak Mountain High School (Shelby County Schools)
7. James Clemens High School (Madison City Schools)
8. Vestavia Hills High School (Vestavia Hills City Schools)
9. Spain Park High School (Hoover City Schools)
10. Arab High School (Arab City Schools)

The new rankings, developed in conjunction with nonprofit research firm RTI International, are based on a revamped methodology that weighs six indicators of school quality for the 2016-2017 school year:

• College readiness, based on the proportions of 12th-grade students who took and passed Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate exams.
• College curriculum breadth, based on proportions of 12th-grade students who took and passed AP and/or IB exams in multiple content areas.
• Math and reading proficiency, based on student performance on state-required tests.
• Math and reading performance, based on whether performance on state assessments exceeded expectations given the school’s proportion of underserved students.
• Underserved student performance, based on how black, Hispanic and low-income students performed on state assessments compared with those who are not underserved in the state.
• Graduation rates, based on the proportion of students who entered ninth grade in 2012-2013 and graduated four years later.

The highest-ranked schools are those whose students excelled on state tests and performed beyond expectations; participated in and passed a variety of college-level exams; and graduated in high proportions. U.S. News assigned numerical ranks to schools performing in the top 75%. Schools performing below the 25th percentile are listed alphabetically with a ranking range.